Improvement in skates



UNITED 4STATES PATENT @Omer-1.

Comiso. Loon, oF eRANDomvEnMoNTI T iMPaovMEN-rfmsmrse Specification forming part of Letters Patent No', 38,591, dated May 19,

To all @chant Vit may' concer-nn` Y B e it known that I, C. 0. LUCE, of Brandon,

' i the county of Rutland and State of Vermonthave invented anew and useful Im-A provernent-in Skates; and `Ido hereby declare that the foll wing is a full, clear, andy exact Ydescription-o the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, 'making a part of thisspeci'ticatiomin which- Figure'l is a side sectional view of my in vention, taken in the line a: w, Fig. 2 5 Fig. 2, vaV

transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the :line fr w', Fig. 1.

Similar letters of .reference indicate .corresponding partsin the two gures T0 enablethose-gski11ed inY the arr. mfunyf understand and construct my invention, I will' proceedto describe it.

A represents the runner of the skate, which 'ina-y be offthe usual or any proper form, and C is a plate on which the ball or front part of theffoot lrests. Thisplate C has a pendent bar,.D, projecting down centrally from it, the

lower end of said bar being slotted vertically,

so as tofit on the upperpart of the runner, to

which it is secured by`a pivot,-e The. bottom of the slot bin the bar D rests on thevupper edge of they runner, and said .bottomy is curved in theI form-oi` a rocker', as lshown'in vFig. 1, so as to admit'of the plate C working or rocking on the pivot and runner. `'Ihe pendent bar forms what is commonly, terinedv a post7 or knee,77 and it keeps the plate C at a proper vheight above the runner. v l

The plate Q may be constructed of metal plate, or it 'may be of malleable cast-iron, and

` it has two openings, c` c,'in it at its front and .back parts. E E pass, and the upper surface of the plate4 Through these openings straps has transverselrecesses d d in it, said recesses being in'line with the openings c cl inorder to. receive the portionof vthe straps which is between, and cause the same to betl'ush with the upper surface of the plate C, as shown' clearly in `Fig.2. Atthe ceuterof each recess d there isa spur, eyand these spurs pass through the straps and prevent the saine, as

well as'dtheskate, .from shiftinglaterally'v when the skate ,is attached tothe feet. .The two stra-ps EV E' "are at such a distance apart that when the strap is attached to the foot the fazonts'trap, E, will be in front of the' joint at the same time will. be allowed to work freely and will 'not be cramped, so asto render the. wearer or skater uncomfortable, as is most generally the case with vthe ordinary 4strapped skate, The yielding or working of the plate O also serves to greatly promote the 4ease and comfort of the skater. tf F represents the hecllplate, which has a pendent bar, Gr, attachegaabeut centrally to 1 it. The lower end of the bariG is-slotted Ivertically, soas to lit ontheupper part of the runner A, but notl like the'pendent bar D of the plate lC to -work on the runner, the plate F boingistatiollly and the b ar G secured to the runner by a pivot, f. 'The heelvplate is provided at its back edge with a curved nprg.tange,-lg, to fit against 'the back part of f the heel ot' the boot or shoe, and said plate has two openings in it for the heelstrap H to f' pass through, said strap being buckled around l theinstep of the wearer or skater. Thelan ge 'g prevents the heel of th'boot or shoe ontlie skate from slipping laterally.4 1 y Having thus described my invention, -what I claimas new,l and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

LJThe recesses d dI lin the upper surface of the plate C, in combination witl` the v straplioles c and spurs e, substantially as and` for the purposes herein specified. v A 2," .The heel-strap-H and heel-plate F, when used in lconnectio'nwith the adjustable vplate O and the straps EE', for lthe purpose herein specified; A v oUeTIs o.,LUo E. Witnesses:

B. DAVENPORT, ,t PATTY' DAVENPoR'r. 

